Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-04-08
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DETECTIVES STORY.

The Moreton Bank was int st, OK
ail4ir in the North. with several
b. aches Esch branch vas under a
= sratr manager, with high pas. good
sociaI sitIou. and liberty 10 do very
"1h as he liked. for the ceutral
5y,rG OF Dlreefots had ste.t coa.i~
dcnce ~ their men. and everything
worked very smoothly and success
fully. All the managers were men
who had bcen from bo,s IN the banks
employ. anu we're very arll paid, and
thought. much Of by the surrounding
gentry.
Well. business sas slack. and | was
sitting IN nv little Office one October
day when nv head and onlyl clerk
showed in visitor. THIS sas Ms
>hcrris. solicitor Of good standing
III the city. much IN favor With com
~ REAL men had two or three
things before from him.
He aas man o trw words, and
liked men ol the same sort.
STAINING, sal hr. "thrrr's a thing
IN your line one OF my cruutry clients
had consulted me about You,
know, can Keep your tongue beiw ,rn
ysur teeth. IT You'd never have had
anything from ais. Well. keep ii
clnser than ever. for no one knows
bout hi. affair but m, clieU;, you, mr,
and-the thief. The Moretoa bank
IS being robbed. How. nobody knows
That's FOR you To tud out llrre'r
your note of introduction 10 Mr.. D.le.
the manager. TO as soon s yoI can.
DO credit 10 ny Introduction. Good
morning
Well, was rather glad OF the job.
80 by six that evening Mas IN the
town o. Morrton, ~ big bat dull rl ,c...
though | shonld say there's good
deal OF cash and property about
saw Mr. ID Ia as s0ua /, coald
lie was i Keen sol Of u,atI, with bright
yes, quick voice. and Ion : ray moLs
t.che and heard. over fifty. Wife
pretty, and very nice hammered; no
chit iren. They made ne welcome,
asked me to take refreshment, and so
on. Mr Dale had e,lleatly, like a
sensible man, told no one of my err
rand, + r on reading the uoie rom Mr.
SherrI, he ne,eIy said:
80 you want 10 be recommended to
some good h"usr property, Mr. Stan
ing, Tor lnveStm ut -
| sand yr. OF course. III, VS. ii
wise mau. Even Your wife aiIl tax
70 Ler maid, and III our line perfect
secrecy as To .lAt our business is the
tir-t 'hlng TO be got. If We mean 10
make hit
Well. by and hv Mrs Ia'e wished
rs Z cd night. Sac was, as say, d
very pretty woman, younger than her
husband by fifteen V, ars. shoul |
think, an they seemed very iold of
each other; but she wasn't, should
imagine, trusted BY him with many
welghtv matters, being rath child
jlsh. Yet lie wanted some one to help
MIN, as | saw when the dnor closed
/ behind her, and he turned to ne with
his face full of worry and perplexity.
Briefly sketched this is what he
told me. Robberies of bank notes
had occurred for some time. None
could be traced. Every care had
BEEN taken, every precaulion bad been
adhered to. He himself coanted and
locked up ali his cash. Yet, and at
different hours, the notes, with irreg
ular intervals between, disappeared
lie bad, being weIl-to do, replaced
them for his monthly statements to
the directors, and being proud man
and most sensitive to the slightest
breath furnishing his or the bank s
credit, he had not mentioned to any
one not even wife, nephews, or head